Midfielder adamant that Mourinho's men can overturn two-goal deficit in the
second leg of their quarter-final at Stamford Bridge

André Schürrle has insisted Chelsea can still fight back against Paris St-Germain and reach the semi-finals of the Champions League.

A stoppage-time goal from Javier Pastore on Wednesday left Chelsea with a mountain to climb in the second leg of their quarter-final.

Pastore’s strike meant Chelsea lost the first leg 3-1 in Paris, but Schürrle insisted the club would not give up ahead of Tuesday’s return by quoting the “Impossible is Nothing” title of a video resume that became an internet hit. “It’s very, very difficult,” Schurrle said. “I think ‘Impossible is Nothing’. We know we are very good at Stamford Bridge with the fans at our back, so we have to think we can try to win this.

“The way we played in the first half, it was very difficult for them because we had the ball and they are not used to defending. We had a lot of space and we could play, and so on. That’s what we need to do in the second leg. We need to play like we did in the first half because it was ­difficult for them and we had chances.”

Ezequiel Lavezzi scored PSG’s first goal against Chelsea. The forward was part of the Napoli side who beat Chelsea 3-1 at home in the Champions League, but crashed out after losing the second leg 4-1 at Stamford Bridge in 2012.

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Chelsea went on to win the Champions League that year, but Lavezzi is confident history will not repeat itself. “I’m not worried about Chelsea pulling off a repeat of their comeback against Napoli because this is a completely different team and we hope to go through,” he said. “The goal at the end was very important and it was important for the team to win a match like that.

“We’ll go to London for the return leg with a little more peace of mind. But the second game will be very difficult. We’ll try to win over there to get through the tie. Chelsea are very strong and they know how to use the ball.”

PSG will be without Zlatan Ibrahimovic for the second leg after confirming the striker will be missing for a minimum of four weeks because of the hamstring injury he suffered against Chelsea in Paris.